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I'm including extreme rainfall here because that's what causes ice ages ... excess precipitation. If
you want to know how much snow would fall if a rainstorm should change to snow, just add a zero.
(One inch of rain - add a zero - will turn to 10 inches of snow.) Rainfall has increased so dramatically that I'm only including accumulations of two inches or more.

Snowfall records about to fall in Idaho and Wyoming?
"Over here in E. Idaho, Jackson, Wyoming area we are buried in snow ...
records about to fall. The Idaho Nat'l Lab's data will tell the tale for
'08."
William Sellers, Idaho Fall(Weather.com says there are blizzard warnings in Idaho)

Snowfall records about to fall in Boston? "According to the Accuweather web site, the snow storm this weekend
in Boston is expected to cause Boston to have the greatest amount of snowfall
ever, for the month of December. That will be a striking statistic, if it
happens as expected. Doesn't sound a lot like global warming, does
it?"
Thanks to Michael Jenkins for this info(Weather.com is calling for another snowstorm in New York and New England)

New winter storm disrupts holiday travel -
More than 450 flights canceled at O'Hare
A new winter storm moved into the Great Lakes Thursday, blanketing the region
with several inches of snow and disrupting holiday travel.

The storm was expected to generate significant snow in the
Great Lakes states - up to ten inches in northern Michigan - and leave several
inches in the central Plains. Denver residents were expecting several inches
of snow on Thursday adding to the 8 inches that fell on Christmas Day.

New winter storm brewing - A new winter storm brewing
over the central Rockies will impact a large part of the nation over the next
few days. By this afternoon, the storm will spread snow from the Rockies to
the central High Plains. The accumulating snow will spread into the Great
Lakes Friday, then over southeastern Canada and northern New England by
Saturday.
http://www.accuweather.com/news-story.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&article=1

Denver Breaks Record For Snowfall On Christmas Day- Denver officially recorded 7.8 inches of snow on Christmas
Day, the most snowfall on Christmas Day in more than 100 years. The previous
all-time record for snowfall on Dec. 25 in Denver was 6.2 inches, recorded in
handwritten records in 1894. This storm boosted Denver's December snow total
above 15 inches -- about 7 inches above average for the month.

Record snowfall in Wausau grounds flights and keeps plows
busy - A winter storm passing through central
Wisconsin dumped at least nine inches of snow in the Wausau area Sunday,
breaking a record of 6 inches total snowfall for the same day in 1933. A total
of 10 inches of snow was expected by midnight Sunday, said Scott Cultice,
meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

Storm leaves 22 dead, thousands left without power -
The storm rolled through Colorado and Wyoming on Friday, then spread snow and
ice on Saturday from the Texas Panhandle to Wisconsin. On Sunday, snow fell
across much of Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota and
Indiana. Up to 15 inches of snow fell on western Michigan.

Snowiest New England December in more than a decade
- Parts of New England are on track for their
snowiest December in more than a decade. The area is on pace to get up to 112
cm (44 inches) by the end of the month, an amount not seen since 1995. The
latest winter storm dumped up to 25 cm (10 inches) of fresh snow throughout
Maine and New Hampshire.

Winter storm leaves 3 dead, more than a foot of
snow The National Weather Service posted winter storm
warnings from Michigan and Indiana all the way to Maine. Nearly a foot of snow
had already fallen on the Chicago area and meteorologists said accumulations
of up to 14 inches were possible in parts of Michigan by late Sunday.

Record low:
Marquette, Michigan. -9F, beats previous record of -7F set in 1985
Thanks to T. Meyer for this info

Dec 15

New Storm moving in - Heavy snowfalls are expected in
Colorado and New Mexico, with sleet and snow across Kansas, Texas and
Oklahoma. The storm will work its way across the Plains today and is expected
to intensify as it moves into the northeast USA.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/15122007news.shtml

Rainfall in one day:
Hot Springs, AR---2.58"
College Station, TX---2.50"

Dec 14

Record snowfall in New England - More on the way
- New England dug out on Friday from a record-setting storm that dumped 10
inches of snow on Boston, more than typically falls in the city in the entire
month of December.

Northeast prepares for foot of snow - Some parts of the
Northeast could receive up to a foot
of snow, forecasters said. Schools in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and
Connecticut
announced closures, in some cases before flakes even began to fall.

Meanwhile, another winter storm approaching from the west
could dump heavy snow on parts
of Oklahoma on Friday. That second storm could then wallop the Northeast over
the weekend.

'Historic' storm in Oklahoma - On
Wednesday, Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry toured an
upscale, historic neighborhood in northwest Oklahoma City where debris from
trees felled
by the ice littered lawns and roadways. He called the storm one of
"absolute historic proportions." http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22239846/

Biggest power outage in Oklahoma history - A thick glaze
of ice brought down power
lines and cut electricity to nearly a million homes and business, closed
schools and
canceled flights Tuesday as a major storm blasted the nation’s midsection.

At least 23 deaths had been blamed on the storm system since
the waves of sleet
and freezing rain started during the weekend. .

About an inch of ice was expected Tuesday over parts of
Iowa, followed by up to
5 inches of sleet and snow. Ice as much as an inch thick had accumulated on
trees,
power lines, streets and car windshields Monday in parts of Oklahoma and
Missouri,
with thinner layers elsewhere.

Ice storm plasters Plains, Midwest
- An ice storm slickened roads and sidewalks,
grounded airline flights in a swath from the Southern Plains to the Great
Lakes as even
colder weather threatened. Ice storm warnings stretched from Texas to
Pennsylvania.

Some communities in Missouri reported ice as thick as
three-quarters of an inch,
where utilities reported tens of thousands without power. Tens of thousands
more
lost power in Oklahoma, Illinois and Kansas.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22173398/

Record Snow in Indianapolis - Indianapolis
set a record today with a snow depth
of 3 inches, breaking the record of 2 inches set back in 1942.(Thanks to Dan Hammer in Indianapolis for this info)

Snow sets more records in Grand Forks, Fargo - The
National Weather Service says
the Grand Forks airport had 8.1 inches of snow yesterday, setting a record for
the date.
And Fargo set a record with 5.9 inches. The previous mark in both cities was
set in 1926.

Record Snowfall in North Dakota - 4 Dec 07
But USA Today's headline blandly announces
"North Dakota getting more wintry weather"
See Record Snowfall in North
Dakota

Portland, Maine ties 1890 snow record
- 4 Dec 07 - Portland tied the record for the date
set in 1890 with 8.5 inches of snow on Monday, according to Bob Marine of the
National
Weather Service.

Elsewhere, Marshfield in Washington County had 18 inches of
snow, Lakeville in
Penobscot County 17 inches, Island Falls in Aroostook County 16, Brassau Lake
near
Moosehead 15.7, Farmington 14.7 inches and Andover 13, the weather service
said.http://news.mainetoday.com/updates/019270.html
Thanks to Benjamin Napier for this link

Snow, freezing rain hammer Northeast -Winter storm warnings are in effect in
Vermont,
New Hampshire and Maine today, and in parts of New York state. Warnings are
also in
effect for parts of Michigan.

A foot of snow is possible in the mountains of Northern New
England and New York,
the National Weather Service said, with possibly as much as 20 inches in
northern Maine. Three to six inches had fallen in central New York state,
while parts of New Jersey
received less than 3 inches. http://www6.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2007/12/01/Winter.Storm/

Anchorage snowfall more than twice normal - 19
Nov 07 - This site shows the snowfall
to date in Anchorage for the month more than twice as much as normal), and
much, much
greater than last year, when records were set.
http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov/pubfcst.php?fcst=CDAK48PAFC
Thanks to Don Vodopich in Atlanta, Georgia for this link

Winter storm claims seven lives; now eyes Northeast -
Less than 3 inches of snow had fallen by midday in New Jersey, with little
more than a dusting in other areas, but the National Weather Service said a
foot of snow was possible in the mountains of northern New England, with up to
20 inches in northern Maine.

Snow and ice-coated roads still made driving hazardous
Sunday in much of Michigan, but planes were landing and taking off from
Detroit Metropolitan Airport without delay, said spokesman Mike Conway.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22054673/?GT1=10645

Record rainfall in East Valley, Arizona
- A major storm brought record rainfall to East
Valley, Arizona on Friday; then went on to dump snow and ice across seven
states.

The National Weather Service issued warnings for flash floods on Friday, and
by
Saturday morning parts of East Valley had totted up more than 50mm (2inches)
of rain.
Dumping the most rain on the area at this time of year since 1995, the storm
also broke
the record for the wettest 30th November since 1933.http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/02122007news.shtml

Dec 1

Storm plasters Midwest with snow and ice - 1 Dec 07 -
The National Weather Service
posted winter storm and ice warnings across Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota,
Wisconsin,
the eastern Dakotas and northern Michigan. Accumulations of 6 inches to 16
inches
of snow were forecast in parts of Minnesota.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22054673/

Record snowfall in Duluth
Duluth, MN received 10.3 inches, a record for Dec 1.

Wintry weather in the USA- A low
pressure system is currently pumping rain and snow
into areas of Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico. The storm will track
eastwards
over the next few days bringing a mix of rain, snow and ice from Nebraska to
the lower
Great Lakes. The heaviest snow is expected from southern Minnesota to
New England.http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/01122007news.shtml

Snow in El Paso - Here’s an
email that I received this morning.
Robert,
We are long haul truckers. We just came through Las Cruces and El Paso. The
Organ Pipe Mountains were snow covered. I have never seen that before. Also,
El Paso, TX had snow, 3" to 4" on the houses and cars. From El Paso
to Pecos, TX there was snow pack on interstate, 10 and 20. Never seen that
before either. Have been on the road on and off for over twenty years.
Thanks to Benjamin Napier for this info.

Record snowfall in Anchorage, AK - Record snowfall
turned Anchorage streets and highways
into a giant bumper-car track Sunday. From midnight until 9 p.m., police
recorded 146 accidents
and 86 ditch-divers.

At 4 p.m., the National Weather Service reported a
single-day snowfall of 5 inches, two more
than the old record of 3 inches for Nov. 11 set in 1944. And the snow was
still coming down.
http://www.adn.com/front/story/9449070p-9360486c.html
Thanks to Clay Olson for this link

Cooler Weather on the way - Cool, unsettled weather will
impinge on several states in the South Thursday. An upper-level low spinning
over Mississippi and Alabama will bring rain and showers to many residents
throughout the Mississippi Valley. Parts of southern Missouri and northern
Arkansas will experience chilly temperatures in the high 40s while other areas
from Mississippi to Indiana will be in the 50s.
Story by AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Eric Reese.http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/premium/headlines.asp?iws=4
Thanks to Ken Lund for this link

Here’s a good reminder that I received from a reader:We forget about last year’s record snows way too soon"It's amazing to me how most people, because they live in the big
cities in the East, always lose interest in cold and snow reports too
quickly just because we had a warm fall so far this season. All they have
to do is check their history a little bit -
like a year ago?

In 2006 early October, we had the heaviest snows on record in western New
York, and the earliest snows on record in Illinois and Michigan last fall.
Many record lows were shattered last October. Also in mid September we had 3
feet of snow in Colorado in 2006, something often overlooked by most. People
forget about this sort of thing way too fast. We had snow on Nov.21st in
Charleston, South Carolina and snow in Orlando, Florida!"
Thanks for the reminder, Ken

Earliest opening ever for Colorado ski area - Rocky
Mountain News-Denver, CO - The Arapahoe Basin Ski Area will open today, making
it the first resort in the country to kick
off the 2007-08 ski season."It's the earliest opening in the history of
Arapahoe Basin,"
said Leigh Hierholzer, marketing director for A-Basin. "And we're the
first to open in
the nation for the second year in the row."http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21218318/
Thanks to Don Vodopich for this link

First Winter Storm Months Ahead of Schedule -
Cooler weather and high winds
moved into Southern California today in advance of a storm that could bring
snow
to the mountains.

Meteorologists said the unstable weather system coming from British
Columbia
was the Southland's first winter storm, arriving months ahead of schedule
and
sending temperatures eight to 15 degrees below normal.

WETTEST AUGUST ON RECORD IN MADISON, WI
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2007...15.18 INCHES OF RAIN FELL AT TRUAX
FIELD IN MADISON, SMASHING THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR AUGUST OF 9.49 INCHES SET
IN 1980.

THE 15.18 INCHES FOR AUGUST 2007 ALSO SMASHED
THE RECORD FOR THE
WETTEST CALENDAR MONTH EVER IN MADISON, WHICH WAS 10.93
INCHES SET N JULY 1950.

THE 22.69 INCHES THAT FELL DURING ...THE MONTHS
OF JUNE...JULY...AND AUGUST...WAS ALSO THE WETTEST EVER IN MADISON. THE
PREVIOUS WETTEST METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER IN MADISON WAS 21.58 INCHES...SET IN
1993.

More storms across the Midwest USA - More torrential
rain and flash flooding struck
parts of Wisconsin on Monday. Up to 89mm (3.5 inches) of rain deluged Vernon
County
while strong winds knocked the power out in the Vilas and Oneida counties.
Another
2 to 3 inches of rain is expected in parts of Nebraska and central Wisconsin.http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/29082007news.shtml

Rainfall smashes record in southeastern Minnesota by 4
inches - Weather officials say
the rains that flooded southeastern Minnesota last weekend set a state record
for rainfall
during a 24-hour period. It's official - the old record was smashed by more
than four inches.

14 to 17 inches of rain over the weekend in SE Minnesota
- 23 Aug 07 - Tetanus shots
being given out, water treatment and sewage plants down, toxic sludge creating
extreme
health hazards (according to an interview with aMN
state senator on today's Minnesota
Public Radio's Midday), hundredsof businesses out of
commission ...so much water that
people who escapedin boats were forced to wait out the
flood "tied-off to the tops of tall
trees"!

Just think. If that 17 inches of rain had fallen as snow – 170 inches – 14
feet!
That would cover almost
every warehouse and one-story house in town, and
just about every car
and truck on the freeway.

Arctic August: NYC Sets Record For Coldest Day
High Of 59 Degrees Ties Chilliest August High Set In 1911"This unusual blast of cold air smashed our previous
record for the coldest high
temperature on August 21, which is 64 degrees, set back in 1999," CBS 2
meteorologist
Jason Cali told wcbstv.com.

In fact, the 59-degree high tied the record for the coldest high temperature
ever for the
month of August in New York City, when it reached just 59 degrees in 1911.

13 die as up to 12 inches of rain inundates Midwest - Erin
remnants trap victims in cars in
Minn., Okla.; Wisc., Texas also hit - Relentless thunderstorms dropped
up to a foot of rain
in parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin, bursting riverbanks, engulfing cars
and forcing
rescuers to pluck residentsfrom rooftops.

In Oklahoma, a vehicle carrying the wife, daughter and
granddaughter of Kiowa Chief
Billy Horse was swept from a state highway by rising floodwaters. "The
current must
have grabbed them," Billy Horse told The Oklahoman. "We saw them go
off the road,
and float away like a boat. We didn’t see them after that."

In Minnesota, Roger Oldham, 65, thought the safest place he
could go with his wife
and mother-in-law to avoid the rising water was the roof of their one-story
house.

Then violent flood waters from an adjacent drainage ditch
blew out their basement wall,
ripping the house from its foundation and sending Oldham and the others on a
harrowing
ride through the town of Stockton. The trio held on for their lives and
screamed for help
as the house floated about 1,000 feet through the yards of their neighbors,
many of
whom were also stranded in the dark.

In Wisconsin, up to 12 inches of rain triggered a mudslide
that pushed a house onto
state Highway 35 in Vernon County, said Wisconsin Emergency Management
spokeswoman
Lori Getter. No injuries were reported.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20346539/Thanks to Larry Cook for this link

Aug 19

Record cold on Mount Washington - 19 Aug 07 - These are
the comment from an observer
New Hampshire’s Mount Washington:

"I was relatively sure that it was August 19th when I
woke up this morning at 4 a.m.,
however a quick glance out the window made me second guess myself. I thought
perhaps
I overslept by a couple months.

"We recorded a low of 29 degrees Fahrenheit this morning, tying the daily
record low for
August 19th. The last time that temperature was recorded on this particular
day was 1958.
We were actually only about a half a degree away from breaking this record.
Also, yesterday
we reached a low of 30 degrees, a mere half a degree away from tying the
record low for
August 18th.
Brian Clark – Observer
See www.mountwashington.org
Thanks to Phil Peterson for this link

Record rainfall in San Antonio - The 5.73 inches of rain
at San Antonio International
Airport yesterday not only broke the record for daily rainfall for August 16,
it also broke
the record for daily rainfall for the entire month of August. The previous
wettest day in
August was 5.57 inches on August 13, 1950.

In fact, with 2 weeks remaining, January to August of 2007 has already been
the
wettest first 8 months of any year for San Antonio since 1871.

From the Weather Underground website (wunderground.com)
Thanks to Mark Kennedy for this info

Aug 16

Rainfall in one day:
Palacios, TX---3.43"

Aug 11

Record lows:
Hartford, CT
Islip, NY
New York City, NY

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49
57
58

Aug 8

Three inches of rain in one hour in New York City
- Flooding Cripples NYC Subway
8 Aug 07 - Gov. Eliot Spitzer ordered the Metropolitan Transportation
Authority today
to conduct a review of how torrential rains paralyzed New York City’’s
transit system
this morning, disabling or delaying every one of the city’’s subway lines.

"The cause of the cascading outages across the mass
transportation system this morning
was the inability of our drainage system to handle what was, we believe, three
inches of rain
within a one-hour period," Mr. Spitzer said. The drainage system
was designed to handle
only about an inch and a half of rain over an hour, he said.http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/flooding-cripples-subway-system/Thanks to Hans Schreuder in the UK for this link

Record low temperatures in Sacramento – coolest since 1877
Global warming is taking a holiday in Sacramento this week.
The maximum temperatures
Sunday and Monday set records each day -- as the coolest "highs" for
the dates since
record-keeping began in 1877.

We're talking, for once, about the all-time lowest maximums,
instead of the all-time
highest. Monday's downtown high was just 74 degrees, 3 degrees cooler than
the
previous record of 77 degrees set in 1906, according to the National Weather
Service.
Sunday's downtown high of 76 frosted the previous low maximum of 78, set in
1962.
"These were the coldest highs for Aug. 5 and Aug. 6 that we've ever
recorded," said
meteorologist Cynthia Palmer of the National Weather Service office in
Sacramento.

The normal high this time of year is 93; normal low is 61.

The impact of the sudden drop in temperatures was obvious
Monday in east Sacramento's
McKinley Park. At 1:10 p.m. under overcast skies, bored lifeguards surveyed an
empty
swimming pool. Uneasy geese sat in the mud, heads tucked under their wings.
Happy tennis
players raced around courts that had been deserted and stifling 48 hours
before.

Over at the pool, lifeguard Melanie Worthen, 19, zipped her
jacket to the top. Only a chilly
breeze stirred the water -- but no belly flops or cannonballs. "This is so weird," she said.
"On a normal
August day, this pool is packed." She shook her head. "This is so weird."
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/312002.html

Storm wipes out 750 square miles of crops in North Dakota19 Jul 07 –– Here’s an e-mail that I got from one of my readers in
North Dakota:
Robert,
We had a storm here in SE North Dakota this last Sunday evening that
pretty much wiped out every last leaf and crop in an area of c. 750
square miles - the hail was so bad that it actually stripped the bark
off of trees! I don't recall ever hearing of that before - shelter belts
were completely denuded of leaves, while 6' crops were whittled down
toa few inches above the soil...as I recall, there was
very littlewarning.
Best,
Larry

17 inches of rain in twelve hours - Storms dumped more than a
foot of rain on parts of Texas
on Saturday, stranding more than 170 passengers on an Amtrak train for hours
and forcing
rescue crews elsewhere to pull at least 50 people to safety.

Parts of northern Uvalde and Medina counties got as much as
17 inches of rain between
10 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday, said Pat McDonald, a National Weather
Service forecaster.

Seco Creek overflowed, inundating the town of D’Hanis near
San Antonio, flooding many
businesses with 3 to 4 feet of water.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19891418/
Thanks to skier Ken for this link

Record rainfall in North Dakota -
The National Weather Service said the airport
south of Dickinson reported more than 2 two inches of rain in less than an
hour,
and radar indicated up to 3 inches fell over eastern Slope and western
Hettinger
counties between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m.

The six-hour total since midnight at the Dickinson airport
was a record 3.03 inches,
the weather service said. It topped the mark of 1.54 inches set in 1997.

Farmers were especially hard hit, after signs of bumper
crops earlier this year.

"(Farmers) will have crop insurance and in some cases
they'll have crop-hail
insurance, but it just doesn't replace that quality crop," Hoeven said.

Sunday's storm brought heavy rains, strong winds and hail to
a large part of
southeastern North Dakota. The Steele County community of Colgate was one
that was recovering.

"We had the best-looking crop we ever had here, until
(the storm) ... it looks
like somebody just smashed it," said farmer Ray Mewes.

In Colgate, full-grown evergreen trees were snapped in half
by the wind, and
other trees were damaged.

"It's hard to see the trees. Some of the trees that
have gone down are over
100 years old," Mewes said. "But everybody's house is still
intact."

Just imagine if that rain in Fredonia had fallen as snow! 210 inches!
Seventeen-and-a-half feet! How would you deal with two stories of snow in two
days?

Jun 29

With more than 30 inches of rain since January, it's the wettest
year on record in Austin,
Texas, while Dallas-Fort Worth, Waco and Wichita Falls have received
near-record amounts.
The rainfall has more than compensated for a drought that gripped much of
Texas in 2005-06,
said National Weather Service meteorologist Mark Lenz.

More rain fell Thursday in flood-weary parts of Texas, where
residents were bracing for
even more of the constant downpours that have killed 11 people in recent
days.

Moderate to locally heavy and excessive rain will continue to pound Oklahoma
and especially central Texas with widespread accumulations reaching to
near 3 inches with up to an incredible additional 15 inches+ in areas of
central
TX. Rain fall rates are in the 4 inches+ per hour range this morning.
Flood warnings are widespread from the central Red River area of OK/TX
south to north of Austin, TX.

More than 18 inches of rain since midnight-
Torrential storms flooded parts of central
Texas early Wednesday, stranding dozens of people on roofs, in trees and in
vehicles, and
the weather was so treacherous that some helicopter rescue attempts had to be
abandoned.

The worst flooding was in Williamson, Lampasas and Burnet
counties in the Texas Hill
Country northwest of Austin.

"We got hard facts of 18-plus inches of rain in a
couple of those places since midnight,"
Austin-Travis County emergency medical services spokesman Warren
Hassinger said
just after 7 a.m. More rain was expected, the National Weather Service said.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8Q1A6EO2&show_article=1Thanks to Stephanie Relfe for this link

Record cold in Virginia - As highs go, Thursday's was a
record low. The mercury stalled
at 66 just before noon at the National Weather Service data station at Norfolk
International
Airport, the lowest high temperature on a June 14 in 133 years of
record-keeping. The normal
high temperature in Norfolk at this time of year, based on continuous weather
observations
dating back to 1871, is 83.

Swarm of Earthquakes in Hawaii - About 70 shallow earthquakes in 2
hours
occurred beneath
the upper east rift zone of K§ilauea
early Sunday morning. Ten of the quakes had magnitudes
greater than 3 and were felt by nearby residents.

Record lows in western Colorado:
Gateway, CO 39 (Breaks old record of 43
set in 1984)
Lake City, CO 25 (Breaks old record of 26 set in
1916)
Thanks to Kate Salvati for this info

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39
25

Jun 7

More snow expected in the Rockies - A very strong early June
storm brought unusual
snow to the Rockies on Wednesday and will continue to do so in the early
morning hours.
Heavy snow warnings remain in effect for the Northern Rockies as several
inches of snow
will fall on mountains above 6,000 feet.http://www.weatherunderground.com/Thanks to skier Ken for this link

Snow in June - A potent storm will spread soaking rain from the
northern Rockies to
northern Utah through tonight. Snow levels will fall to 5,500 feet by tonight
in the northern
Rockies. Above this level, 6 to 12 inches, with locally more, will accumulate
before
Thursday gets underway.http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/premium/headlines.asp?iws=4Thanks to skier Ken for this link

Worst flooding in Oklahoma in more than 50 years - Two
days of heavy rain across
southern Oklahoma has left some places experiencing the worst flooding in more
than
50 years. Turner Falls campsite in the Arbuckle Mountains near the city of
Davis was
hit by 76mm of rain (2.99 inches) in just 24 hours leading to flash floods.

Snowiest Spring on Pikes Peak in more than a decade- 24 May 07 - This is the
snowiest spring on Pikes Peak in more than a decade. Barr Camp recorded 231
inches
of snow this winter. (It saw only 50 inches in 2006.)

Hikers venturing above the treeline will find that the peak is more wintry
this May
than it usually is in January, and they should be prepared.

"The snow is still waist-deep in places, and we just got more
today," Taylor, the
caretaker at Barr Camp, said Wednesday. Every day, she warns people that
the
trail is buried.

Coldest April in Pennsylvania in 32 years
Third coldest on record
3 May 07 - It was the coldest April since 1975 and the 13th coldest on record
(since 1914).
The average monthly temperature was 49 degrees, nearly 3 degrees colder than
normal.

More than 2 inches of rain fell on Lancaster County during the nor’easter of
April 15, and
several inches of slushy snow even collected in the Welsh Mountains in the
eastern part
of the county. Overall, more than 5 inches of melted precipitation fell, 1.5
inches more than normal.http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/203707

May 24

Two Inches of Rain Per Hour in Kansas
- Torrential rainfall hit parts of the
Plains and Midwest Thursday, toppling trees and power lines and pelting the
countryside
with hail. Some central Kansas towns recorded as much as 7 inches of rain - in
some places
up to 2 inches per hour.

Heavy snow forecast for N. Wyo. mountains - The
National Weather Service has issued a
heavy snow warning for the northeast Big Horn Mountains. Accumulations around
18 inches
can be expected in the Burgess Junction area through tomorrow night. Heavy
snow also is
forecast for the Beartooth and Absaroka ranges.http://www.localnews8.com/Global/story.asp?S=6550878Thanks to Alan Caruba for this link

May 22

Eleven Inches of Snow in Montana
- Heavy, wet snow fell across elevations as low as
4,000 feet in the northern Rockies and Northwest Monday. As of 11 p.m.
Monday,
Georgetown, MT., had received 11 inches with more continuing on the way, while
ten
inches of snow blanketed Philipsburg. In Philipsburg, the water-loaded snow
made
many roads impassable and downed small tree limbs. Earlier in the morning, up
to
eight inches of snow whitened Badger Mountain, five miles north-northeast
of
Wenatchee, WA.
http://wwwa.accuweather.com/news-summary.aspThanks to skier Ken for this link

Seven inches of rain in Miami in nine hours - Torrential
rain hit parts of southern
Florida yesterday, flooding parts of Miami. Some parts of the county received
up to
7 inches of rain over 9 hours on Sunday morning, with North Miami Beach
recording
the highest total. A number of fatal car accidents took place over the course
of the day.http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/21052007news.shtml

Snowfall at Washington ski areas:
The 2006-2007 season snowfall total for Crystal Mountain is 449 inches (37.4
feet),
as opposed to the average of 350". That’s almost 30 percent more than
normal.
What a winter! See: http://www.crystalmt.com/

Flooding in New York City -New
Rain Record about to be set? - About 80 mm (3
inches)
of rain overnight flooded highways and local roads in Westchester County north
of New
York City, and in northern New Jersey.. One car was immersed in water up to
its bumper
on the Bronx River Parkway.

A similar amount or more may fall on Saturday, and may push this month to the
wettest
April on record for New York’s Central Park. The park has received 280 mm
(11 inches) of
rain so far this month, just shy of the record 356 mm (14 inches) that fell in
April 1983.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/28042007news.shtml

Gov. Mike Beebe’s disaster proclamation now includes 52 of
the state’s 75 counties. The
declaration supports efforts by farmers in applying for federal assistance
because of crop
losses during the record-setting early April cold snap.

State Agriculture Director Richard Bell said Tuesday that
freezing temperatures earlier this
month damaged crops across the state.

"It is more severe than I anticipated," Bell said.
"It’s much wider spread and much farther
south than I thought."

Corn and wheat were particularly affected by the cold
temperatures, the agriculture
secretary said.

Bell said he attended a meeting in Clarksville last week
where farmers complained about
losing their peaches, berries and grape crops in the freezing temperatures.

Many farmers around the state also have reported losing
entire fields of corn and wheat,
he said. Before the freeze, 70 percent of the state’s wheat crop was
"rated as good to excellent."
The rating is now 14 percent at "good to excellent," 22 percent very
poor, 42 percent poor and
22 percent fair, he said.

Up to 65cm (26 inches) of snow fell at Clear Creek County, Colorado. National
Guard troops were called to help scores of stranded motorist caught out by the
heavy fall of snow, and school children needed rescuing after their school bus
got stuck in large snow drifts.

The fresh snow however provided excellent news for the remaining ski resorts
open for business in Colorado. Echo Mountain Park, just 35 miles (56 km) from
Denver, reported the biggest fall of fresh powder with a little over half a
metre (21 inches) of new snow, providing some excellent late season conditions
for the final two weeks of the season.http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/26042007news.shtml

Four Feet of Snow in New England - 20 Apr 07 - The depth
and spread of lingering snow
pack as of Thursday is truly remarkable. Snow lying 2, 3 and locally 4 feet
deep was still
found over the northwestern two-fifths of Maine, northeastern New Hampshire
and smaller
highland areas in Vermont and New York. Small patches left over from the early
week storm
have lingered over central New York and northeastern Pennsylvania.
http://headlines.accuweather.com/news-story.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&art
icle=5Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Jim Andrews.

One of the worst April freezes in Sumner County's history - 11
Apr 07 – Hendersonville, TN -
Locally produced fresh fruit will be scarce this year following the one of the
worst April freezes
in Sumner County's history according to local agriculture experts.

Extension Agent Bob Ary said most, if not all of the
county's strawberry crop will be wiped out,
adding that early reports indicate the entire crop of apples and peaches was
also lost for the year.

"I just had a peach and apple grower in here and he just said he lost his
whole crop.
He said it was 14 degrees in his orchard," he said.
(In my book "Not by Fire but by Ice," I say that we’ll be fighting
in the streets for food long
before we’re covered by ice. I fear that that time is getting closer.)

Big freeze in U.S.A damages crops - 11
Apr 07 - Unusually cold weather moved through
many parts of the eastern United States last weekend, threatening to destroy
fruit, cereal
and vegetable crops. Experts consider the damage "devastating".

In South Carolina and Alabama, peach and other fruit blossoms were already in
the early
stage of development after a warm spell in late March. The arctic blast sent
temperatures
plummeting far below danger levels as far south as Texas and Georgia,
literally nipping
the crops in the bud.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/11042007news.shtml

101 year-old rain record - QUADRUPLED! - A
record-breaking nor'easter dumped
more than 8 inches of rain fell on New York City’s Central Park, quadrupling
the 101-
year-old record for the date. The storm knocked out power to hundreds of thousands
and was
blamed for at least 11 deaths nationwide.

Vermont got about 17 inches of snow, with snow still falling
Monday across parts of
Pennsylvania, New York and Maine. Snow drifts stranded tractor-trailers on highways
in
Pennsylvania. Washouts, flooding, mudslides and fallen trees blocked roads from
Kentucky to New England.

Here’s an amazing forecast for Bretton Woods,
NH.
And remember, this is the middle of April!

TONIGHT
SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN.
SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 12 INCHES BY DAYBREAK. WINDY WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER
20S. EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH...INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF SNOW NEAR 100 PERCENT.

MONDAY
SNOW...MIXED WITH RAIN AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION 10 TO 20
INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN. WINDY WITH HIGHS IN
THE MID 30S. EAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...DECREASING TO 15
TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION NEAR 100 PERCENT.

Storm Cancels Flights, Threatens Floods - The storm
flooded people out of their
homes in West Virginia. Other inland states faced a threat of heavy snow.

Storm warnings and watches were posted all along the East
Coast, with flood
warnings extending from North Carolina to the New York area. Winter
storm
warnings were in effect for parts of New England and eastern New York state.

The storm rained out the New York Mets at New York's Shea
Stadium, the
Pittsburgh Pirates home game against San Francisco, the Houston Astros
at
Philadelphia, the Kansas City Royals at Baltimore, and the Los Angeles
Angels
at Boston. Last weekend, snow wiped out scheduled Mariners-Indians games
at Cleveland for four straight days.

Up to 2.5 inches of rain had fallen in southern West
Virginia since early Saturday
and streams were still rising Sunday, said weather service meteorologist
Dan
Bartholf in Charleston.

Snow from Colorado to Michigan to Maine- And
the worst is yet to come.
Forecasters predict up to 25 cm (10 in) of snow in Denver and almost 45 cm (18
in)
around the foothills of the Rockies during Friday. Texas and Louisiana will
also be
hit with severe weather.

In the Northeast, the NWS issued snow warnings for many areas in New
England,
on top of what they’ve already received.

A ski resort re-opened in Vermont. A jet trying to land at Traverse City,
Michigan,
skidded 15 meters (50 feet) off a runway in the heavy snow. And more than 550
flights
were canceled at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport because of poor
visibility.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/13042007news.shtml

Apr 12

Record Snowfall in Chicago causes havoc - and more is on
the way - Forget
what the weather forecasters said -- you didn't really expect this: a record
2.9 inches
of snow, topping the mark of 2.3 inches for April 11 set in 1957.

Heavy crop losses reported in Southeast - And
farmers are bracing for another expected
cold snap next week. In South Carolina, at least 90 percent of the peach crop
was destroyed.
In Georgia, the weekend freeze may have wiped out more than half the state's
peach crop.

Alabama and Kentucky were still estimating losses. Kentucky
officials said as much
as 90 percent of the state's peach and apple crops may have been destroyed,
but they
cautioned the figures were preliminary.

Record Snowfall in Bismarck, ND - A slow-moving,
low-pressure system dumped a
record amount of snow on Bismarck and even more on Mandan on Tuesday.

The National Weather Service's Len Peterson reported that total snowfall
amounts in
the area ranged from 2.8 inches in Linton to 7 inches in Mandan. Snow began
accumulating
Monday evening, running through Tuesday and into Wednesday, as the system
moved
southeast into Minnesota and Iowa.

Bismarck received a total of 6.2 inches, 5.5 of those coming Tuesday and
eclipsing the
single-day snowfall amount of 4.2 inches set in 1945. Halliday, which reported
an 8-inch
snowfall last week, received another 6.5 inches the past two days. Flasher and
New Salem
reported 5.8 inches, Hazelton 4.8, Trotters 5.2, Grassy Butte 5.1,
Underwood 4.6, Dunn
Center 4.5, Wilton and Watford City 4, and Fort Yates 3.

Bismarck's total for the month of April is 10.2 inches, 8 inches more than the
average 2.2 inches the city receives

Snow Today; Nor`easter Soon? - The storm that dumped
snow across the Upper Midwest
Thursday will continue marching eastward today, with 6 to 10 inches of
heavy, wet snow
blanketing an area from far upstate New York to northern Maine
.
If the storm strengthens to its forecast magnitude near the mid-Atlantic
coast, the potential
exists for a major Nor’easter. The snow may not only rival previous
all-time April snowfall
records, but it could bring down power lines and roofs due to the weight
of the snow.
http://headlines.accuweather.com/regional-news-story.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&region=eastusnewsThanks to skier Ken for this link

Apr 12

Another Spring Snowstorm Blasts Midwest
- The upper Midwest braced for more snow
Thursday, a day after a spring storm grounded hundreds of flights, postponed a
baseball
game and coated roads with ice, leaving six people dead.

"I think it's terrible, and it's the reason why I'm
never living in the Midwest again after this
year," said Molly Gray, 22, a senior at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison.

Milwaukee smashed a snowfall record for the date on
Wednesday with 7 inches. North Dakota
and South Dakota also measured snowfalls of about 7 inches. Some areas
of northern Illinois
reported up to six inches, with another inch to 1.5 inches of snow
expected.

Coldest April in 113 years – More snow possible - Last
year was record warm, this year
record cold! April is currently tracking as the coldest April in 113 years - a
dramatic change.
Even after some late month moderation, April 2007 will likely keep the month
in the top 7
coldest in history. The Southwest is the one exception, but even there
temperatures will
cool dramatically late in the week. And, the snow is not over! Short range
computer models
hint at the possibility of a stronger snow storm from Colorado to Wisconsin
late in the
week into the weekend. This will be the heavy wet variety.
http://www.agweb.com/get_article.aspx?pageid=135336&src="gennewsThanks to Dan Dewey for this link

With temperatures dipping into the teens Friday and Saturday night, the apple
crops
may not survive, said Marvin Owings Jr., a fruit tree specialist with the
Cooperative
Extension Service.

"I spoke with Dr. Steve McCartney, a plant growth specialist at the
Horticulture
Research Station in Fletcher, and he said that all of the potential fruit
there was lost,"
Owings said. "From the reports that I have been getting from growers, it
sounds like
that is what's happening to all of our fruit trees in the county."

Last year's apple crop produced 3.3 million bushels, about 96 percent of a
full crop,
and brought in gross returns of more than $22.8 million.

"If you lose trees, it can take up to 10 years to grow trees to full
apple producing levels,"
said Adam Pryor of Edneyville, president of the Blue Ridge Apple Growers
Association.

That not only broke the low-temperature record for the date,
but it was the coldest for any April day in Charlotte history.At the Greenville-Spartanburg Airport, Sunday morning’s
unofficial low of 24 degrees also was the coldest ever in April.

Up to 10 inches of snow accumulated in parts of North
Carolina’s mountains, including 1.5 inches of snow in Asheville – the
first recorded April snowfall in that city in 20 years.
http://charlotte.com/115/story/78479.htmlThanks to Craig Adkins for this link

Apr 9

Eight inches of snow expected today in the Cascade Passes
(2,500 ft elevation) in Washington state

Unseasonable Cold Snap Puts Chill on Easter Festivity
- Two weeks into spring, Easter morning temperatures were in
the upper 30s along the Gulf Coast and in the single digits in northern
Minnesota and the Dakotas. Atlanta dropped to30 degrees. The same reading put
a chill on New York City's Fifth Avenue’s traditional Easter Parade of
spring finery

Temperatures in Columbia, S.C. dropped to the upper 20s, and
for the second day in a row, and with more than a foot of snow in Cleveland,
the Seattle Mariners and Cleveland Indians had to cancel a doubleheader.

Nashville, Tenn., bottomed out Sunday at 23 degrees,
knocking one degree off the Easter Sunday record set on March 24, 1940, while
visitors to the nation's capital saw cherry blossoms coated with snow. Snow
also fell in metro Atlanta, and even in parts of West Texas and the Texas
Panhandle.

Farmers were worried about the impact the weather could have
on crops. Blueberries could be particularly affected, said Stanley
Scarborough, production manager of Sunnyridge Farms, which has fields in
Baxley and Homerville, Ga.

Current cold wave could become the coldest on record –
"Lumping all parameters together,
the current cold wave very well could become the coldest on record. The size
of the thing is
incredible. Already, below-normal cold dominates the weather from northern
Canada to the
Gulf Coast the Eastern Seaboard. The duration of the cold weather will be more
than a week
in some locations …The magnitude of the cold is also quite impressive with
temperatures
running 20 to 25 degrees below normal over a vast area.

Temperatures through the south central part of the United
States will be at least 30 degrees
below normal Saturday, and it may snow in Texas! Simply, this is as cold as
you're ever going to see in April."

More storms batter the U.S- The
storms continued to move northwestwards dumping
copious amounts of snow across Wyoming, causing pileups and leaving some roads
inaccessible.
Since Wednesday a massive 70 inches (2 meters) of snow has fallen in
the Wind
River Mountain area of Wyoming.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/31032007news.shtml

Snow closes 100-mile stretch of I-90; 2 dead
- A major storm system moved through
the Plains states Thursday bringing heavy snow and tornadoes to some areas.
Severe
weather warnings and tornado warnings were in effect from South Dakota to
Texas.

Record cold in Fairbanks, Alaska-
A reader, Kate Salvati, sent this excerpt to me
from the National Weather Service:

"THE COLD AIR OVER THE EASTERN INTERIOR CONTINUES TO
BREAK RECORDS
FOR LENGTH OF COLD. FAIRBANKS IS POISED TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE
MONTH WITHOUT EVER GOING ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK...ALTHOUGH IT
COULD BE CLOSE ON SATURDAY. THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME INMODERN HISTORY FOR THAT MARK TO BE
ACHIEVED"

"Just the fact that this hasn't happened before in
modern times," says Kate, "should
sound alarm bells for many for several reasons."

"One would be that the current global warming theory
states that the poles are the areas
to be affected worst by this warming. Since Fairbanks is a polar location it
goes against
the GW theory.

"Second, not only is Fairbanks on track for breaking
its record coldest March of -2.7ºF,
it is going to shatter it! As of today the average temperature for the month
in Fairbanks
is -8.6ºF, about 6 degrees colder than the previous record. Normally when
longer-term
records are broken, they aren't broken by more than 2 degrees. This record
could be
broken by 5 degrees."

………………………………………….
And here are some key excerpts that Kate sent along from the Fairbanks News
Miner.

"The last time I saw it this bad was the winter of
1988-89," said Lynn, referring to a winter that is legendary among those
living in Fairbanks at the time. "I think this may have that beat."

"We’re at the end of the winter and the frost line
has really gotten down there," said Lynn, dressed in a pair of insulated
Carhartt bibs and bunny boots. "I’ve heard about people with
(underground) water tanks that are frozen solid. Septic tanks are
freezing."

Anchorage on track for coldest March on record - Homer,
Alaska - Most winters,
Norm Anderson merely has to climb aboard his boat in the harbor and make sure
his
oil-pan heater is still keeping the engine warm before he turns over the F/V
Sea Otter
for a winter king fishing excursion.

This year isn't much different. Anderson is certainly ready
to fish. He just can't go
anywhere. The reason?

"The ice is killing me," said Anderson, owner and
operator of Norm's Saltwater Adventures.
"I've had to cancel close to 50 trips this winter because I just can't
get out of the harbor."

"It’s a little later in the year for ice to be socked
in the harbor," said Homer Harbormaster
Steve Dean. "It usually happens sometime in December or January.
Currently, both our
response harbor tug and our skiff are completely frozen in"

With more than six inches of ice surrounding some boats,
some owners are walking
around their boats and between floats on the frozen harbor surface.

And with commercial halibut season looming and a March 24
Winter King Salmon
Tournament hinging on fishing-ground accessibility, everyone is eager to see
things
flowing freely again.

March is headed to being one of the coldest on record,
weather experts say. If the cold
hangs on, this year could beat 1956 as Anchorage's coldest..

Anchorage hasn't recorded a temperature above freezing since
February 3 - 41 days of
freezing.

(When you get to the link, make sure to click on the photo,
which will bring up other great photos.)

Mar 17

Heavy snows hit northeastern US
- The northeastern US was hammered by a huge
storm Friday, bringing heavy snowfall and chaos. New Jersey, West Virginia
and
Pennsylvania areas were worst affected, with temperatures falling well below
zero.

34th coolest February in 113 years
13 Mar 07 – According to NOAA, the average temperature in February 2007 was
32.9 F. This was -1.8 F cooler than the 1901-2000 (20th century) average, the
34th coolest February in 113 years.http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/na.html
Thanks to Craig Adkins for this link

...LATE WINTER CHILL CONTINUES...SINCE RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT...THE AVERAGE
HIGH TEMPERATURE IN
FAIRBANKS OVER A 3 WEEK PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 17 THROUGH MARCH 10
IS 16.1 DEGREES WITH AN AVERAGE LOW OF -9.0 DEGREES. DURING THIS
3 WEEK PERIOD...THIS YEAR...FAIRBANKS RECORDED AN AVERAGE HIGH
TEMPERATURE OF -5.7 DEGREES ... THE COLDEST RECORDED SINCE 1904.
THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE OF -29.8 DEGREES DURING THE SAME
PERIOD RANKS AS THE THIRD COLDEST SINCE 1904...WITH -35.0
SET IN 1932 AND -30.1 SET IN 1956 BEING THE ONLY OTHER COLDER
YEARS DURING THIS SAME PERIOD.

THE NORMAL DAILY TEMPERATURE DURING THIS PERIOD IS 3.6
DEGREES.
THIS YEAR THE AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE WAS -17.8 DEGREES WHICH IS
21.4 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

Another Shot of Cold on the way - Even as springlike
warmth sweeps across the nation
to the Eastern Seaboard, another shot of cold will gather for a southeastward
charge. The leading edge of this cold shot will cross the border into the
northern tier of states Tuesday,
but it will take until Thursday and Friday to spread the cold throughout the
Midwest. Some
snow may accompany the dive in temperature. And, by Saturday, at this
rate, the Northeast
will be feeling the chill.

The combination of clear skies, snow cover and the presence of
a frigid dome of high pressure will allow temperatures to plummet to near or
below current record lows across the interior of New England and the
Interstate 95 corridor from Portland, Maine, to Washington, D.C., tonight.
Records will be challenged overnight as temperatures drop below zero across
much of New England, away from the coast, to the teens in New York City,
Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. Saranac Lake, N.Y., will bottom out at a
brutally cold 37E° below zero.

In northwestern Wisconsin, as much as 20 inches of snow
could fall through Friday
morning, up to 16 inches could fall across other northern and central areas of
the state.

In Nebraska, up to 9 inches of snow had fallen on the Omaha
area Thursday morning,

Whiteout conditions in eastern Nebraska forced closure of
about 75 miles of I-80 in
both directions between Omaha and Utica, and a 100-mile stretch I-80 just west
of
Des Moines, Iowa, to the Nebraska line.

In some parts of Omaha, snow was falling 2 inches an hour.

By Friday, snowfall totals were expected to be a foot or
more in southern and central
Minnesota and two feet in northeastern Minnesota. The weather service warned
of
blowing snow and possible blizzard conditions in the countryside.

It's the second major snowstorm in a week for Minnesota
area. Winona, in the
southeastern corner of the state, got 28 inches.

Another potential blizzard headed for the upper Plains and
Midwest - According to
West Coast Expert Meteorologist Paul Yeager, many of the areas of the Plains
and
upper Midwest still recovering from last weekend's blizzard will be hit with
another
round of heavy snow, with the potential for blizzard conditions that could
lead to t
ravel delays and road closures.
http://headlines.accuweather.com/news-top-headline.asp?partner=accuweather

Feb 26

Five Hundred Miles of Power Lines Down –– More snow
expected - The Midwest took
the brunt of the latest storm, receiving up to 2 feet of snow, with more
expected in some
areas early Monday. Heavy ice brought down miles of power lines and utility
poles,
mostly in Iowa, where nearly 250,000 customers were without electricity Sunday
night.
Close to 80,000 were without power in Illinois.

"We've got close to 2,500 poles down — over 500 miles
of line down," Alliant Energy
spokesman Ryan Stensland said of conditions in Iowa.

The Wisconsin State Patrol said blowing and drifting snow
made portions of I-43 in
Walworth and Waukesha counties impassable for several hours Sunday morning.

The National Weather Service in Michigan warned of
widespread snow, strong wind
and near blizzard conditions in parts of the state, with up to a foot of snow.

New York City sanitation workers were preparing for up to 7
inches of snow.

Record lows from Alaska to North Carolina
Youngstown, OH
Valdez, AK
New Bern, NC
Camarillo, CA
Long Beach, CA

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Feb 25

Snowstorm Heads East After Blasting West - By
late Sunday morning, snow was
falling from the eastern Dakotas across the Great Lakes to the Washington
area. The
weather service posted blizzard and winter storm warnings for eastern South
Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, western Maryland, West
Virginia's
Eastern Panhandle, the District of Columbia and northern Virginia.

Parts of Wisconsin could get up to 24 inches of snow, said
Tom Zajdel, a meteorologis
t with the National Weather Service in Sullivan, Wis.

The storm knocked out power to more than 100,000 in Iowa,
plus parts of Illinois,
Nebraska and Ohio. Crews for Mid American Energy reported ice 2 inches
thick
coating power lines in Illinois' Mercer County.

I-70, a major cross-country route, was closed for about 400
miles in both directions
Saturday from just east of Denver to Salina, Kansas. A number of other highway
s also were closed in Wyoming and Nebraska. Seven-foot snowdrifts were
reported
in areas of western Kansas.

Stranded for three days - Ice four to six inches thick on
freeway
Pennsylvania Governor declares statewide disaster emergencyPennDOT crews remain on the job this afternoon
trying to reopen snow and ice-
clogged I-78. PennDOT reports that crews worked through the night to clear 78,
81
and 80 of passenger and commercial vehicles. Plow drivers and other
personnel
are working to remove ice and snow to make the highway passable.

PennDOT Secretary Allen Biehler says ice measures four to six inches thick
on
sections of the highway, making it too dangerous to reopen the highway.

According to State Police, some motorists are jumping around
flares to enter the
highway. Motorists aren't the only ones looking for answers in the wake of
the
nightmare on I -78. State Representative Doug Reichley of Berks and Lehigh
counties
is calling for an investigation into the handling of the situation on I-78. He
says he
of Transportation to prevent this from happening again. Governor Rendell held
a
news conference in Philadelphia to discuss the status of road treatment
efforts
and road closures.

It has also been a busy time for those providing relief to
people caught in traffic
jams on I-78, 81 and 80. More than 130 troops from 10 units of the
Pennsylvania
National Guard were sent to provide relief as part of what was called
"Operation
Cold Freeze."

Troops have been providing traffic control, meals, water, blankets and other
necessities
for motorists stranded on the highways. By last evening, officials said more
than 1400
meals had been provided to folks on I- 78 and 900 more were being flown in to
motorists
suffering the same fate on I-81, but officials say the effort is far from
over.

Angry reactions to storm's monster mess - 'Disgusting,'
stranded driver saysThe last of hundreds of stranded motorists in
Pennsylvania were freed but highways
remained shut Friday as crews struggled to clear ice and snow following a
monster
storm blamed for at least 22 deaths.

Interstate 78, site of a huge traffic tie-up Thursday, as
well as large portions of I-81
and I-80, remained closed so workers could clear them. The icy mixture, up to
six inches
thick, became rock-hard as overnight temperatures plummeted to the low teens
and single digits.

"How could you operate a state like this? It’s totally
disgusting," said Eugene Coleman,
who was trapped in the Pennsylvania jam for 20 hours, along with his
girlfriend and
pregnant daughter. At least 22 deaths were blamed on the huge storm system.

The traffic jam on a 50-mile stretch of Pennsyovania’s
I-78 was so bad that National
Guardsmen in Humvees had to ferry food, fuel and baby supplies Thursday
to
stranded motorists.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17183915/

Feb 16

Heavy snow sweeps across Canada and U.S.
- A monster snowstorm hit the Midwest and Northeast U.S. along with southern
Canada on Valentine’’s Day causing hundreds of
road accidents and 15 deaths.

A massive 50 mile car jam formed on a road in Pennsylvania on Wednesday night.
The
National Guard flew in to help deliver supplies to people stranded in their
cars.

Meanwhile over 95,000 homes and businesses were without power until early on
Thursday
in Ohio, Kentucky, Maryland and Virginia after ice brought down the power
lines.

Local press reported up to 12 inches of snow across Pennsylvania, 15 inches in
Cleveland,
19 inches in western Massachusetts and 42 inches in southern Adirondacks in
New York.
Three feet of snow fell in Vermont.

Burlington International Airport in Vermont received 25.7 inches of snow fell,
the second
highest total on record from one storm.

The storm brought up to 50cm of snow to some regions west of Toronto.

On Thursday morning residents in Hamilton woke up to find 40cm of snow. Some
areas
may have received up to 70cm with drifts could reach up to a metre in some
parts.

Midwest storm slams Northeast as blizzard - Most
of upstate New York reported
several inches of new snow this morning, with 10 inches in Oswego. Snowfall
of
8 to 36 inches (3 feet) was predicted for areas around New York, and up to a
foot
of snow in Connecticut. Meanwhile, a blizzard warning was issued for
western
Massachusetts, with snowfall that could exceed 2 inches per hour.

Sheriff's offices in several Ohio counties closed roads to
all but emergency workers.
Anyone else caught driving could be arrested.

In Illinois, Springfield recorded nearly 16 inches of snow
fell in Springfield, while
Champaign recorded at least 12 inches.

New York State braces for yet more snow - As
12 feet (4 meters) of snow were not
enough, parts of New York State are bracing themselves for yet more snowfall
this week!

This morning the National Weather Service posted an urgent warning of heavy
snow for
western and central New York State. Up to a foot or more of fresh snow is
forecast.

Parts of up state New York were said to be more akin to the Arctic, with only
the tops of
street signs and barn and church roofs visible. Mrs. Yerdon who measured the
358cms
(141 inches ) of snow said that her home now resembled a giant marshmallow and
said
that if she wanted to walk down her driveway she would not only need her
snowshoes
but a bulldozer too!http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/13022007news.shtml

Feb 12

Major Winter Storm Developing - A major winter storm developing
today over the
southern Plains will spread a swath of heavy snow from the northern High
Plains to
the Ohio Valley and severe thunderstorms along the Gulf Coast. The storm will
bring
heavy snow to the Northeast on Tuesday, with near-blizzard conditions
developing in
New England from late Tuesday into Wednesday.

Snow Just Won't Stop in Upstate N.Y.
- Intense lake-effect snow squalls that buried
communities along eastern Lake Ontario for nine straight days diminished
Sunday -
then started up again early Monday.

Unofficially, the squalls have dumped 12 feet, 2 inches of
snow at Redfield. If accurate,
that would break the state record of 10 feet, 7 inches of snow that fell in
nearby Montague
over seven days ending Jan. 1, 2002, said Steve McLaughlin, a meteorologist
for the
National Weather Service in Buffalo.

"We may get one more burst of snow. But then it's over.
Finally, some mercy,"
McLaughlin said. However, the forecaster noted that a coastal winter storm
expected
midweek could bring another 6 to 12 inches.

Upstate N.Y. Snow Rises to 110 Inches -
Parish, NY reached a milestone early Saturday
with 100 inches of snow (more than 8 feet) during the past seven days. Late
Saturday, the
total had risen to 110 inches. A warning said 2 to 4 more feet of snow
was possible.

Snow keeps coming in upstate New York
Up to four more feet possible - - With more than 100 inches of snow in
some areas
of upstate New York since last Sunday, forecasters now expect up to four feet
more,
as well as a longer blast lasting into next week.

Late Thursday the northern parts of Oswego County were
accumulating as much
as 3 inches per hour, said Dave Sage, a meteorologist with the National
Weather
Service in Buffalo. At times, the snow has fallen at a rate of as much as 5
inches an
hour. The snowfall was accompanied by high winds, creating whiteouts and
other
problems around the state.

Eight feet of snow expected in upstate New York-
Six feet has fallen so far, with more
expected. "It’s almost an unreal amount," said Mayor Randy Bateman
of Oswego. "We
catch up when it stops, but then it just comes again, even heavier."

Whiteout conditions—the snow has been falling at a rate of
5 inches an hour at times
—forced closure of 15 miles of Interstate 81 between Central Square and
Pulaski.

The bitter cold and slippery roads have contributed to at
least 19 deaths.

In West Virginia, where as much as 9 inches of snow has
fallen, officials called
snowplow drivers out of retirement to clear the roads.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17042993/Thanks to Larry Cook for this link.
Larry asks, "Where do you put eight feet of snow?"

Subzero chill across East and Midwest - The official low in Chicago
this morning, 13 below, was the coldest in the Windy City in more than a
decade.

Almost a foot of snow fell on Buffalo, forcing closure of a 38-mile stretch
of the New York Thruway, with more snow expected. Meanwhile, ice on the Hudson
River forced New York Waterway officials to shut down ferry service from
Haverstraw to Ossining.

More than 600 schools were closed in the Cleveland area, where wind chills
reached -20. All Milwaukee schools closed after wind chills dropped to almost
40 below.

The coldest spot was Embarrass, Minn., where thermometers plunged to -42.

Denver spending millions for ice removal - At
a news conference Friday, Mayor John
Hickenlooper and the city's Public Works Department explained that the city is
spending
up to $10 million to hire outside help to clear ice from the streets. There
are 14,000 blocks
that need ice and snow removal.

Hickenlooper says the city's strategy is focused on creating center lanes of
10 to 12 feet
down side streets throughout Denver.

"January of 2007 has been our 10th coldest month on record.," said
Hickenlooper. "We
know this is unique, this is a once in a lifetime event." (I’m not
so sure of that.)

All-time record in Goodland, Kansas for consecutive days of
snow
... and the 8th coldest January on record
1 Feb 07 - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE DURING JANUARY 2007 AT THE GOODLAND AIRPORT
WAS 18.7 DEGREES...THE 8TH COLDEST JANUARY ON RECORD AND THE COLDEST
SINCE JANUARY 1979. THE ALL-TIME COLDEST JANUARY OCCURRED IN 1949.

JANUARY 2007 ALSO INCLUDED 12 CONSECUTIVE DAYS
BELOW FREEZING, THE
LONGEST TIME BELOW FREEZING SINCE DECEMBER OF 1983...AND THE 7TH LONGEST
ON RECORD.

AS OF FEBRUARY 1...GOODLAND HAS HAD AT LEAST
ONE INCH OF SNOW ON THE
GROUND FOR 43 CONSECUTIVE DAYS...THIS APPEARS TO BE AN ALL-TIME RECORD
FOR GOODLAND.
Thanks to skier Ken for this info

Feb 1

Winter storm spreads snow, ice from Oklahoma to North
Carolina - The storm
rushed across the Southeast Thursday, closing schools and grounding flights
a
day after coating roads with deadly ice in the Plains.

A winter storm warning covered the western Carolinas and
northern Georgia on
Thursday afternoon, and more than 4 inches of snow fell in spots.

Record snowfall creating problems - Snow in the road,
snow blocking driveways
and snow piled up so high, it looks like a mountain: there is so much snow,
Anchorage
residents are getting fed up--not with Mother Nature, but with the way
the city is
handling it.

Anchorage‘s snow-removal budget of two million dollars is
set by a yearly snowfall
of under 70 inches. So far this season, Anchorage has seen more than 74 inches
of the
white stuff--more than normally falls in an entire winter. And there are still
four months
left in the snow season.
http://www.ktva.com/topstory/ci_5096272Thanks to Clay Olson for this link

Massive snowfall in Anchorage24 Jan 07 –– Having received more than 74 inches
of snow this season,
Anchorage, Alaska has been hit with twice the normal amount of snow
that falls during the entire winter … and the season is only half over.

According to the city, it's reaching a crisis level. The
city can plow the
roads, but where to put the snow? Two-lane roads are quickly becoming one.

"I've lived in Alaska since 1967 and I don't remember
ever having this much
snow before," said resident Joyce Elliston.

The city is already $2 million over budget for snow removal
this season.

Snow in Tucson - Two inches of
snow fell in Tucson, Arizona, yesterday, while
El Paso, Texas, received a dusting of snow. The same storm will soon bring
rain
and wet snow to the western panhandle of Texas, southern New Mexico and
far
southeast Arizona.

More than a foot of snow fell on parts of northern Arizona,
and several more
inches were possible Monday.

Winter weather has also hit hard on the East Coast, bringing
snow, sleet and
freezing rain to Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Maryland.

Snow in Malibu, a huge freeze in California, and now snow in
Tucson
and parts of Mexico. Where's the global warming ??

Snow Snarls Traffic In Malibu!- The southbound lands on
I-5 through the Grapevine
area were closed due to snow Thursday. About three inches of snow accumulated
on
the
freeway, with a layer of ice underneath.

Snow also fell on the palm trees of West Los Angeles and
Malibu Wednesday.
Residents in West Los Angeles said that several inches of snow fell in their
yards.

The last snowfall recorded at LAX was in January 1962,
according to the National
Weather Service.

Death toll rises to 65 - The
winter blasts that kept Texas and Oklahoma residents
shivering has now spread to mid-Atlantic states and the Carolinas, with a mix
of snow,
sleet and freezing rain.

Scattered snow showers were also forecast across parts of
the western Great Lakes
and Upper Midwest, while another barrage of storms was set to bring up to 8
inches
of snow to the Plains by late Friday.

Frigid conditions prevailed around the country. The entire
state of Maine fell into
the single digits or lower, reaching minus-16F in Caribou.

Snow fell briefly in normally sunny Malibu, snow plows
cleared a major road through
the Malibu mountains, and Valencia - 30 miles north of Los Angeles - saw snow
for the
first time in more than 20 years.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14117850/

Jan 17

Record lows
Lancaster, CA
Palmdale, CA
Blythe, CA
Imperial, CA

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14 tie
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26

Jan 17

300,000 still lack power as new storm looms
Winter wreaks havoc from Texas to Maine; death toll hits 55
Tens of thousands of electricity customers are likely to still lack power a
week
after the ice storm blamed for 55 deaths in nine states.

Houston and San Antonio were under rare ice warnings, while
a 300-mile stretch
of I-10 from Fort Stockton to San Antonio was closed because of fresh snow
atop
a layer of ice.

That same cold air mass moved into the Northeast Wednesday,
where thermometers
plunged to16 below at Caribou, Maine, and 19 above in New York City.

In Buffalo, Missouri, nearly all stores, gas stations and restaurants were
closed
Tuesday. "There are no services," Mayor Jerry Hardesty said. "I’ve
talked to residents
who have lived here 50 years and nobody can remember it ever being this
bad."

The private forecasting company DTN Meteorlogix expects 2 to
6 inches of snow from
the Texas panhandle to the Kansas border and 1 to 3 inches in southern Kansas
this
weekend. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14117850/

Deadly winter blasts felt across U.S.
450,000 still without power as death toll reaches 51 in nine states
Some 92,000 Oklahoma homes and businesses might not have power restored
until
next week, a utility company spokesman said. "There are a lot of places
where virtually everything is destroyed," Public Service Company of
Oklahoma spokesman Stan
Whiteford said. "In some cases, entire electric services will have to be
rebuilt."

Deadly winter blasts felt across U.S.
Half million without power as death toll reaches 46 in seven states
16 Jan 07 - Winter gripped most of the United States today, leaving 500,000
homes
and businesses without electricity in the Midwest and Northeast, and dumping
another
blast of snow on the Northwest. Meanwhile, California reported that nearly its
entire
$1 billion citrus crop was wiped out by a freeze. Other crops, including
avocados and
strawberries, also suffered damage.

Death toll grows as path of ice storm widens
Pipes freeze in Phoenix
Hundreds of thousands without power from Oklahoma to New Hampshire
President Bush declares Oklahoma a disaster areaThe death toll from a powerful winter storm rose to 36 across six states
Monday,
as the Northeast started feeling the punch.

In addition to those without power in the Midwest, a layer
of ice up to a half-inch
thick knocked out power to more than 50,000 customers in northern New York
and
at least 4,500 in New Hampshire. During the weekend, water pipes froze in the
Phoenix area.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16634187/
Thanks to Paul R. Stanko for this link.

Jan 15

Winter Blast Heads East –– Death toll rises to 29 -
More than 300,000 in Missouri
still lack power following weekend storms whose death toll rose to 29 in five
states.
Another 122,000 lacked power in Oklahoma as of Sunday night. A gymnasium roof
collapsed in Del City, Oklahoma, under the
weight of ice and snow.

Nebraska, which has been pummeled by winter storms in the
past month, received
even more snow. The storm was expected to continue heading northeast,
dumping
more than a foot of snow on Lower Michigan and parts of New England.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16634187/

Plunging temperatures threaten California citrus crop
- As thermometers plunged
on Friday, the Governor of California declared a state of emergency. The
freezing
temperatures, which are expected to continue into early next week, have
already
destroyed millions of dollars of crops.

Monterey set a new record Friday night at 27F (-3C), one degree below the
record
set in 1963. Sacramento tied its record low of 22F (-6C) set in 1949.

Temperatures at Lancaster dipped to just 7F (-14C). Growers were building
bonfires
and setting up large fans to try and keep the cold at bay.

Winter blast slams central USA - several inches of ice
expected12 Jan 07 — Freezing rain fell in the nation's midsection Friday, and
temperatures
plunged from Minnesota to Las Vegas. "It could definitely be a paralyzing
storm,"
said Max Blood, a senior forecaster with the National Weather Service in
Tulsa.

Ice storm warning issued for almost all of Oklahoma.
The National Weather Service in Norman, Okla. explains what this means:

AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...
KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN
CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY
LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT
ADD TO THE DANGER.http://blogs.usatoday.com/weather/2007/01/usa_today_weath_8.html

Jan 12

More snow for Colorado - The
second significant snowfall of the winter hit parts of
Washington State and parts of Northwest Oregon at mid-week, with some areas
reporting
as much as 10 inches. The storm has since edged into northern Colorado, and is
forecast
to edge further south across Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and into Texas.

Round 4 Of Cold And Snow, Are You Kidding?
"No, we are not kidding. More snow is in thelong-range
extended forecast.
"Forecast models have been hinting at the possibility for round 4 over
Colorado for a few days now, and the reality of it happening looks
likely
atthis point.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/weather/10687287/detail.html#Thanks to Charles Patrick for this link.

Jan 8

Record
rainfall:
Islip
,
NY
---1.95”

Jan 7

Rainfall
in one day:
Montgomery
,
AL
---4.07”

Jan 7

Blizzard in Colorado May Have Been One of Worst in History
(Thirty feet of snow in one storm)People in the Lower Arkansas Valley said the
blizzard that devastated much
of Southeastern Colorado will go down as one of the worst snowstorms in the
region’s history. The brunt of the storm hit Otero, Baca and Prowers
counties.

Although Prowers County officials declined to comment on the
county's cost,
officials in Lamar said the cost for their town alone may be as much as $1
million, which would cripple the town. Officials in La Junta also estimate the
cost to their town at $1 million.

The blizzard's fierce winds created snow drifts as high as
15 feet in some
places, causing widespread destruction and trapping people in their homes
and travelers in their vehicles.

By the time the storm passed, it dropped 30 plus feet of
snow throughout the
valley. There have been no reported human deaths but officials estimate that
about 3,500 cattle may have been killed.

Several buildings throughout the valley collapsed because of
the weight of
the heavy, melting snow.

3rd snowstorm in 3 weeks hits Colorado
- The new storm barreled in on Friday,
blanketing Denver with up to 8 inches of new snow and hampering efforts to
rescue
thousands of cattle stranded by last week’s blizzard.

The roofs of two buildings — the Walsh post office and a
restaurant in Elizabeth
— collapsed under the weight of the accumulated snow. No injuries were
reported.

Officials were still determining how to deal with the
carcasses of thousands of
livestock killed by the blizzard in Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, New Mexico
and
Oklahoma. An estimated 3,500 cattle are believed to have died in six
southeastern
Colorado counties alone.

After dumping nearly a foot of snow in the foothills west of
Denver, the new
storm was headed for Kansas, where an estimated 60,000 people were still
without
power after more than a week. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16484056/

Record snowfall buries Anchorage
3 Jan 06 –– Today has been a record snowfall day for Anchorage. The
National
Weather Service had recorded 9.6 inches of snow at its offices as of 5:15
p.m.
However, much more has fallen in other areas of town.

Record snow at Alaska’s Alyeska ski resort
The Alyeska ski resort, around 40 miles south of Anchorage, has seen
record breaking snowfall during December with an astonishing 283 inches
(718cm) -
almost 24 feet of snow falling during the month. The previous monthly record
was
set in January 2001 when 274 inches (696cm) fell.

An incredible 100 inches (more than 8 feet) fell in 7 days during the
Christmas period.

It is expected that Alyeska will surpass its annual record for the season of
1,116 inches (2,835 cm) set during 1997-1998 winter season.

Hay lift aims to save snowbound cattle -
Colorado launched a hay lift Tuesday to try to
save thousands of cattle stranded by 10-foot-high snowdrifts. With last week’s
storm
dumping as much 3 feet of snow on the already hard hit mountains and Plains,
state
and municipal crews from the Rockies to the Oklahoma Panhandle to Nebraska
were
still digging out highways and trying to reach isolated homes on Tuesday.

Airplane crews searched highways and fields for stranded
travelers, in some places
using heat-sensing equipment to locate cattle. No one wants a repeat of 1997,
when
a blizzard killed up to 30,000 farm animals.

Ice and heavy snow also bent over electrical towers and
downed hundreds of miles of
power lines, leaving at least 80,000 homes and businesses without power in
Kansas,
Nebraska, Colorado and Oklahoma.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16389942/

Jan 2

Third snowiest December on record in DenverWettest November on record in Seattle
In an average December, Denver gets 7 inches of snow. Last month Denver
received
29.4 inches of snow, making it the third-snowiest December since
record-keeping began
in 1882.

12 deaths blamed on record winter storm
Tens of thousands still without power
1 Jan 06 - A fleet of small planes canvassed snow-covered roads southeast of
Denver on Sunday, searching for travelers stranded on roads blocked by
10-foot-high snow drifts. National Guard troops rescued at least 44 people.

"This is a very significant storm; it’s in the record
books," said Scott Blair, a meteorologist with the National Weather
Service.

Up to 32 inches of snow had fallen in western Kansas and
wind piled it into drifts 15 feet high. Albuquerque received 26 inches of
snow, and parts of the Oklahoma Panhandle saw 18 inches of snow.

With 3 inches of ice on wires and connectors in Kansas, at
least 50,000 homes and businesses were still blacked out on Monday. Five
entire towns in the Oklahoma Panhandle lost power, and another 15,000 homes
and businesses remained in the dark in Nebraska.

Monster winter storm moves into Plains; motorists
disappearing under 10-foot drifts
A winter storm stretching nearly from Canada to Mexico rolled out of the
Rockies on Saturday, trapping drivers in 10-foot drifts.National Guard troops in tracked vehicles crawled through
the blizzard to rescue
hundreds of stranded motorists. "They're telling me it's zero
visibility," said Maj.
Gen. Mason Whitney, the state adjutant general. "They'll kind of bump
into
something and it'll turn out to be a car with people in it."

Parts of Interstate 70 from the Rockies to Kansas remained
closed, along with several
other major east-west highways. In New Mexico, Interstate 25 from Pueblo to
Santa Fe
was also closed, and most major roads from Kansas into Colorado remain closed
until
Colorado officials reopen their routes.

In Kansas, up to 18 inches of snow had fallen by Saturday in
some areas, while up to
a foot fell in southwestern and central Nebraska.

In North Dakota, transportation officials pulled snowplows
off many roads because
of reduced visibility. Bismarck reported more than 7 inches of snow, and areas
south
could get 14 inches by Sunday.